Happy Easter 2009

We spent Easter weekend this year at Grammy and Papa's house. We all had such a good time. On Saturday morning we took the kids to an egghunt at the neighborhood park. Usually there isn't another kid around for miles when we visit, but on this day about 150 little ones, mostly grandchildren, decended upon the park to fill their baskets and get a glimpse of the Easter bunny. While we waited for the hunt to begin, Grammy was coaching Kyle on how score the most eggs. Her strategy paid off in the end because he came away with a basket full. Ryan even got a few too, until he started throwing them back :)

Here's our 38 weeks to go: My kids and I. We couldn't get them to look up from the baskets for one second!


After the egg hunt we headed into town for a Spring festival. Kyle couldn't have been happier when he saw the moon bounces and the giant slides. Pure heaven!

That evening we dyed some eggs. Kyle was quite the artist, carefully painting each egg.



And this how they all turned out...



Lucky for the boys, the Easter bunny left them some goodies.



They couldn't wait to dig in. Here's Ryan's very first taste of candy. He'll never be the same :)



That afternoon we had another egg hunt in the backyard. Kyle was so excited, you would have thought the novelty would have worn off from the day before. Ryan didn't get to participate in this one, he was too busy catching some Zs.





Kyle was going through his eggs and to his surprise he found money in some of them.



Do you see his face? Could this kid be any happier? Look at that smile! He kept saying it was his very own money. He couldn't put it in his pocket fast enough. I'm pretty sure by next year those quarters won't bring the same smile. He'll be looking for dollar bills!



Also, to his surprise, one of the eggs contained a little clue. Kyle's told him he'd find something cool in a place that was cool.



He needed a little help in finding it!

Once Ryan got up, he came out to play his favorite game...in or out. He could amuse himself all day long doing this. He just loves the little step down. He was so pleased with himself :)



Here's a pic of Grammy and the boys...



Well, Happy Easter everyone!